I'm a frontend engineer, creative, smart and fuelled by the passion to develop new things.https://samuellawrentz.com/https://samuellawrentz.com/blog/aerospace-tiling-window-manager/https://samuellawrentz.com/blog/aerospace-tiling-window-manager/AeroSpace is an i3-style tiling window manager for macOS. One Alt+key press and you're in the right app. No swiping, no Cmd+Tab roulette, no animations.Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://samuellawrentz.com/blog/ai-code-needs-a-quality-loop/https://samuellawrentz.com/blog/ai-code-needs-a-quality-loop/AI can write code fast. Keeping that code good takes constraints, independent review, and an automated loop that reacts before humans get buried.Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://samuellawrentz.com/blog/clipssh/https://samuellawrentz.com/blog/clipssh/clipssh is a tiny open-source CLI that sends clipboard screenshots to remote SSH servers. One command to bridge your local clipboard and your remote terminal.Sat, 07 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://samuellawrentz.com/blog/year-of-clis-skills-apis/https://samuellawrentz.com/blog/year-of-clis-skills-apis/Agents don't click buttons. The businesses that win from here will be the ones building APIs, CLIs, and skills — not dashboards.Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://samuellawrentz.com/blog/building-for-agents/https://samuellawrentz.com/blog/building-for-agents/Your next user won't have a browser. Software is shifting from UI-first to API-first as AI agents become the primary clients. Here's how to build for them.Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://samuellawrentz.com/blog/you-dont-need-openclaw/https://samuellawrentz.com/blog/you-dont-need-openclaw/OpenClaw has 140k GitHub stars. I built the same thing with Claude Code, cron, and ~200 lines of shell scripts. Here's how.Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://samuellawrentz.com/blog/claude-code-slack-linear-mcp/https://samuellawrentz.com/blog/claude-code-slack-linear-mcp/I use Claude Code to read my Slack messages, summarize what I said and why, figure out follow-ups, and create Linear tickets — all from the terminal.Mon, 23 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://samuellawrentz.com/blog/claude-code-efficiency/https://samuellawrentz.com/blog/claude-code-efficiency/Most people use Claude Code like a chatbot. Here's the structured workflow that turns it into a real engineering partner.Sat, 21 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://samuellawrentz.com/blog/reusable-bun-modules/https://samuellawrentz.com/blog/reusable-bun-modules/How I built a reusable AI image generation module with Bun in under 100 lines — and why Bun's module system, speed, and DX make Node feel like a relic.Sat, 21 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://samuellawrentz.com/blog/git-profile-switcher/https://samuellawrentz.com/blog/git-profile-switcher/Build a bash script to switch between personal and work GitHub accounts without the SSH agent headaches.Fri, 07 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://samuellawrentz.com/blog/minimal-ghostty-config/https://samuellawrentz.com/blog/minimal-ghostty-config/A no-nonsense Ghostty terminal config focused on aesthetics and tmux integration. Because your terminal should look good and work smoothly.Sat, 25 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://samuellawrentz.com/blog/ai-coding-revolution/https://samuellawrentz.com/blog/ai-coding-revolution/A deep dive into how AI is transforming modern software development, making anyone fluent in any programming language and enabling vibe coding.Sat, 16 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://samuellawrentz.com/blog/vim-lsp-hover-borders/https://samuellawrentz.com/blog/vim-lsp-hover-borders/Struggling with borderless LSP hover popups in Vim? Here's the incredibly simple one-line fix that took me way too long to discover. No plugins required, just one vim.opt setting and you're golden.Fri, 15 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://samuellawrentz.com/blog/smooth-scrolling-css-scroll-behavior/https://samuellawrentz.com/blog/smooth-scrolling-css-scroll-behavior/Transform your website's navigation with just two lines of CSS. Learn how scroll-behavior and scroll-margin-top properties create seamless, professional scrolling experiences that users love.Tue, 03 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://samuellawrentz.com/blog/linear-mcp-server/https://samuellawrentz.com/blog/linear-mcp-server/Buckle up, devs! Linear just dropped their official MCP server, and it's about to make your AI workflows smoother than Kevin Hart's punchlines. Here's what it is, why you should care, and how to get started in under five minutes.Thu, 01 May 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://samuellawrentz.com/blog/github-mcp-server-launch/https://samuellawrentz.com/blog/github-mcp-server-launch/Y'all won't believe what GitHub just dropped! They've taken the AI game to a whole new level with their own MCP server. If you're wondering what this means for your development workflow and how to get started with it in Cursor, buckle up - we're about to dive into this game-changing release!Fri, 04 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://samuellawrentz.com/blog/vibe-coding-revolution/https://samuellawrentz.com/blog/vibe-coding-revolution/A hilarious yet insightful look into the world of vibe coding and how it's changing the game for developers everywhere.Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://samuellawrentz.com/blog/sentry-mcp-connection/https://samuellawrentz.com/blog/sentry-mcp-connection/Learn how to connect Cursor IDE with Sentry using MCP server. A complete guide from setup to troubleshooting, perfect for developers who want to supercharge their error tracking with AI capabilities.Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://samuellawrentz.com/blog/how-to-understand-complex-code-with-ai/https://samuellawrentz.com/blog/how-to-understand-complex-code-with-ai/Struggling to understand a massive codebase? Discover how Gemini Pro & ChatGPT, powerful AI tools, can help you quickly analyze, navigate, and comprehend complex software projects.Sun, 28 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://samuellawrentz.com/blog/ten-commandments-of-software-development/https://samuellawrentz.com/blog/ten-commandments-of-software-development/Explore the fundamental principles of software development philosophy with 'The Ten Commandments of Software Development'. Discover the guiding principles shaping the work of world-class software engineers. Dive deep into the essence of coding principles and software philosophy. #softwaredevelopment #codingprinciplesSat, 02 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://samuellawrentz.com/blog/cra-to-vite-bunjs/https://samuellawrentz.com/blog/cra-to-vite-bunjs/A short tour on how I migrated from node + CRA to bun + Vite and it's absolutely amazing and excessively fast, just like Kevin Hart on a caffeine high.Mon, 26 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://samuellawrentz.com/blog/jira-git-commit-workflow-vscode-extension/https://samuellawrentz.com/blog/jira-git-commit-workflow-vscode-extension/Supercharge Git commit efficiency and DevOps productivity using the Jira-Git Commit Helper, an integrative VSCode Extension that unites JIRA and IDE for optimized developer workflow and streamlined commit messages.Sat, 10 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://samuellawrentz.com/blog/coding-standards-husky-typescript-lint-staged/https://samuellawrentz.com/blog/coding-standards-husky-typescript-lint-staged/This blog walks through setting up Typescript, Husky, and lint-staged for enforcing coding standards in a team. The author shares the configuration process for these tools and provides a workaround for submodules. This approach ensures linting and formatting happens before each commit for better code quality.Sat, 20 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://samuellawrentz.com/blog/how-i-saved-my-website-from-gatsby-screwup/https://samuellawrentz.com/blog/how-i-saved-my-website-from-gatsby-screwup/I thought my website is gone and lost forever in the everchanging world of technology. I became the knight in the shining armor with dedication to salvage it. Read fully to understand what happened and how I brought back the site from the deadSat, 28 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://samuellawrentz.com/blog/vim-experience-nvim-dev-experience/https://samuellawrentz.com/blog/vim-experience-nvim-dev-experience/I suddenly got pulled into the blackhole called VIM. I'm not able to sleep. I'm going crazy in setting up my own personal IDE. Read more.Fri, 28 Apr 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://samuellawrentz.com/blog/computed-state-in-react/https://samuellawrentz.com/blog/computed-state-in-react/Learn how to optimize your React components using computed variables. Improve performance, simplify your code, and make your app faster. Read now!Thu, 30 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://samuellawrentz.com/blog/frontend-performance-optimisation-enhancement/https://samuellawrentz.com/blog/frontend-performance-optimisation-enhancement/Apps need to be performant and instantly interactive to users input. Here's a few ways to boost a web apps performace and interactivity.Tue, 27 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://samuellawrentz.com/blog/useful-amazing-css-tools-and-generators/https://samuellawrentz.com/blog/useful-amazing-css-tools-and-generators/CSS is awesome, these tools take your CSS to the next level. They ease your load and generate CSS code for you online. Try out these Generators.Fri, 18 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://samuellawrentz.com/blog/reduce-react-states-and-hooks/https://samuellawrentz.com/blog/reduce-react-states-and-hooks/A lot of state variables means a lot of re-renders and useEffect Hooks. What if I told you there are computed variables in react and they could help you to reduce the number of state variables you use?Sat, 24 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://samuellawrentz.com/blog/css-grids-examples-guide-tutorial/https://samuellawrentz.com/blog/css-grids-examples-guide-tutorial/CSS grids are awesome, now that more browsers are supporting it, it's time that we embrace grid and use its full potential. Click to read more.Sat, 20 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://samuellawrentz.com/blog/monitor-website-pagespeed-with-googlesheets/https://samuellawrentz.com/blog/monitor-website-pagespeed-with-googlesheets/Everyone loves speed - be it cars, superbikes, or websites. A good website loads content within the blink of an eye. This post covers how to monitor your website pagespeed using google sheets. Click to read more.Fri, 12 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://samuellawrentz.com/blog/how-to-create-react-hooks-simple/https://samuellawrentz.com/blog/how-to-create-react-hooks-simple/React hooks are a great way to get deeper into the React world. This post teaches you how you can create a simple hook timer using React. Click to read more.Wed, 10 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://samuellawrentz.com/blog/gatsby-incremental-faster-builds-github-actions/https://samuellawrentz.com/blog/gatsby-incremental-faster-builds-github-actions/We all start small, but once our content grows, soon we'll be finding ourselves with 300 pages at hand. This severly impacts the build time of the blog, unless you host it in Gatsby Cloud, which I hear has 100x faster build times than normal conventional builds. Click to read more...Fri, 05 Aug 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://samuellawrentz.com/blog/gatsby-dynamic-og-images/https://samuellawrentz.com/blog/gatsby-dynamic-og-images/So this website is built using GatsbyJS, which is super cool and super easy to get started. It took just one week for me to set this all up. This is the 6th blog post here on this website and if you try sharing this blog post on the internet you would see a image with the title. This image is called the OG image. Click to read more...Wed, 27 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://samuellawrentz.com/blog/how-i-started-a-tech-blog/https://samuellawrentz.com/blog/how-i-started-a-tech-blog/It's good to have a tech blog. I have written down my journey of how I started my blog. You too could get the flame from me.Fri, 15 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://samuellawrentz.com/blog/how-to-grow-your-online-presence/https://samuellawrentz.com/blog/how-to-grow-your-online-presence/An online presence can be defined by how easy it is to find a brand or company online. Growing your online presence should be your key focus.Tue, 12 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://samuellawrentz.com/blog/instagram-api/https://samuellawrentz.com/blog/instagram-api/Did you know that you can post to instagram using an API? It can be done via the Instagram private API. You can automate your instagram with few lines of code.Sun, 10 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://samuellawrentz.com/blog/random-value/https://samuellawrentz.com/blog/random-value/Sometimes you have a list of values to choose from and you want to randomize it? It can be easily done with a line of code.Mon, 27 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMThttps://samuellawrentz.com/blog/bookmarklets/https://samuellawrentz.com/blog/bookmarklets/Bookmarklets’ are nothing but a useful piece of code that can run on any loaded web page. This useful piece of code is written in JavaScript.Sun, 19 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT